Journal-sleeve for roller-bearings.



G. I. SHIRLEY 85 C. S. LOGKWOOD JOURNAL SLEEVE FOR ROLLER BEARINGS. APPLICATION FILED 311N327, 1908.

964,322. Patented July 12, 1910.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27, 1908.

. Patented July 12, 1910.

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1 .cnRHAs-I. smRLRY AND CHARLES s. LOCKWOOD, or NEWARK, ew JERS Y, .AS-

SIGNORS 'ro HYA'I'T ROLLER BEARING COMPANY, or HARRISON, NEW JERSEY, A.

COBIPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

" JOURNAL-SLEEVE roR ROLLER-BEARINGS;

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that we, CEPIIAB I. Sumner, residing at 114: Stone street, Newark,

county, New Jersey, and CHAnLnsS. LOCK- '5 woon,.re'siding at289' Market street, Newark, -Essex county, New Jersey, both citizens of the United States, have invented certain new'and useful Improvements in Journal- Sleeves for Roller-Bearings, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, formthan one-half the circumference of the axle 'and each art made with a lateral opening ofless wi th than the diameter of the axle so that it could be sprun upon the axle and held in its place by its e astic grip thereon. l The present invention relates to a particular construction for securing the halves of a 7 divided sleeve upon an axle by. separate 80' clamps, and also 1na 'new article of manufacture in which the parts of a divided sleeve are secured together with a set of anti-friction rolls, to facilitate transportation; ,the whole forming a unit which can bereadily trans orted and sold, for applica -tion to a suitabl e axle and easing. I

The divided sleeve in the present inven- '-tion is formed with 'a.zigzag joint and is made of rolled sheet-metal sections each em- 40- bracing no more than one-half of the axle, the ends of the sections projecting beyond the ends of the antifriction rolls with which they are used, and divided collars are clamped upon such projecting ends which serve three purposes: first, to hold the sections to ether while in transportation; sec- 0nd, to 101d 21 set of anti-friction rolls in place upon the sleeve during transportation; -and, th1rd, when'the sections are applied to 1 "the axle to clampthe sleeve sections thereon outside the ends of-the casing in which the rolls operate. The clamping pressure of the Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 12, 1910. Application filed June 27, 1908. Serial K0. 440,612; i

collars produces sufficient friction between the sleeve and axle to-hold it in place.

' It is common to sell a set of-rolls ion-a roller-bearing, connected together by some species of cage, in readiness to insert within the casing of the bearing, andthe present invention furnishes, in addition to such a cage of rolls, a divided sleeve fitted within the cage and provided with means for clamping it upon the axle. This new article of manufacture, therefore, furnishes not only the rolls for a r0llerbearing, but the means i to form a working surface upon the axle to sustain the wear of the rolls.

In the drawing, Figure 1 represents such" an article of manufacture in side elevation; Fig. 2 an end view of the same with the collar sections upon the sleeve omitted to show the cage of rolls more clearly; Fi 3i is a longitudinal section, where hatche at the center line of a roller-bearing casing for a hanger-box; Fig. 4: shows the blank for one of the sleeve-sections, in flat form; and Fig. 5 shows the same rolled into semi-cylindrical shape. Fig. 6 is a section, where hatched, on line (36 in Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is an end view like Fig. 2, with the rings it divided to facilitate application to the axle.

In Fig. 3, a, designates an axle,upon which sleeve-sections Z) are shown secured by divlded collar sections a, the collars being close to the outer ends of the roller-bearing casing (5. The collar sections are joined by bolts 0, by which they can pinch .or clamp the rslccve-sections tigh'tly upon the axle. The casing is shown formed with a sheetmetal lining f and the rolls 9 are shown. of the spirally wound tubular type and fitted between the sleeve 1) and lining Rings h, which are more clearly shown in Figs. 1

and 2, are provided at the ends of the rolls and connected together in any suitable'mannor to hold the rolls in a unitary structure.

Such rings may be divided like "the sleeve to facilitate application to the axle as shown in Fig. 7, or made, as shown in Figs. land 2, of circular form.

In Fig. 2, four tie-bars tare shown ex-f" tended through the interior of four rolls and the ends riveted into the rings as shown ,in the lower part of Fig. 3, to hold the rings together.

welv'e rolls are shownin the set in Figs. 1 and 2, and the remaining eightrolls are held between the rings by studs 7' projected from the rings into the ends of such rolls.

It is common to prevent the entire length 7 of the roll from rolling across the joint of the sleeve-sections at once, by making the joint oblique; and this invention furnishes an improved construction for such a oint, which partieularlyfladapts the edges to engage one another when clamped together for transportation without any axle, and with the cage of rolls secured about the sleeve. The sleeve is commonly madeof thin sheetmetal, and the'edges are adapted to.ret ain engagement with one another by formln them with numeroussloping projections ant indentations which form a zigzag joint.

-Such sleeve-sections are formed from a sheetmetal blank 6' represented in Fig. 4, the

-. mental to one another so that a single blank .can be used for both of the sections. (hen two of such blanks are rolled into semi-cylindricaLform, as shown in Fig. 5, a cylindrical sleeve is formed of such sections, the

edges of which may interlock when they are clamped 'together without the axle, and the edges of which form oblique joints, when clamped upon 'an axle, over which the rolls may move smoothly. ()ur construction, is particularly useful ,in the transportation ofthe cage and sleevesections conjointly, as represented in Fig. 1, in which theclainjping of the collars brings the edges of the sleeve-sections into contact, and the cage of rolls secured outside of the sleeve is held in place upon the slee'veduring transportation, by the collars at its opposite ends. The sleeve-sections are, of course,

brought a little closer together when thus elampedwithout the axle than when fitted to an axle within the casing of the roller hearing; but the zigzag edges and the rolls in the encircling cage hold the sleeve-sec- ,-tions in alinemen't while the collars clam them firmly together, and the whole isthus titled for transportation as a unitary article 'ofmanufacture. To form such a unitary 3'0"ait.icle of manufacture, the sleeve requires to jbe made longerthar the cage containing the anti-fi'ijctlon rolls and pro ected beyond .the ends of the cage to permit'the application of the clamping means.

-mapplying the sleeve ino unitar form, it is obvious thatgthe sleeve may be ivided at one side only, as shown in Fig. 7', and rolled of such diameter as to slip readily upon the "posite to the joint in close contact with t axle. '1

he sleeve in such case would be made of suitable length" to apply the clamping \V here the end of the shaft is accessible the sleeve as a unit.

lVe disclaim the mere use of a sleeve to form a wearing surface upon' an axle, and the use of a divided sleeve having sections with a lateral opening of less width than the diameter of the shaft and held in place thereon exclusively by their,own elasticity. lVe also disclaim the use of a divided sleeve when used as a coupling uponshafts having a )olygonal cross section by which the haives of the sleeve are engaged positively with the shaft'so as to rotate the same.

The sleeve is not used as a coupling in on! invention, but sole} to form a wearing surface, and is forme with a cylindrical bore and fitted to a cylindrical axle, and-merely held in place thereon by the frictionof the clamping collar. 1

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention what is claimed .herein is:

a 1. A roller bearing having a casing with an annular recess and a set or anti-friction rolls therein, in cylindrical axle extended within and hey nd the ends of the rolls, a divided slceve' l aving a cylindrical bore fitted to theaxle to form a bearing surface for the rolls and its ends projcctedbeyond the ends of the rolls, collar-sections in halves fit-ted nponthe sleeve-sections in con- -tact with the ends of the casing and means for clamping the collar-sections together to perform the double function of securing the divided sleeve by mere friction upon the axle andof holdin the axle from longitudinal movement w 1011 rotated within the "casing.

2. Asa new and unitary article of manufacture, a sleeve divided into longitudinal sections, the edges "of the sections having nun'l'crous sloping indentations and projcctions forming a zigzag joint, :1 cage'with a set of anti-friction rolls tilted upon such sleeve, and divided collars clamped upon the ends of the sleeve sections beyond the ends of the cage, the collarsserving to perform,

one function by clamping the sections together with the .zigzagwedges in contact when in transportation,- and while holding the cage upon the sleeve, and 'also adapted to performanother function when the' sleeves and rolls are in use by hearing against the ends of the roller bearing casing to resist end thrust.

- 3.- A roller bearing'having a casing with an annular recess'and a set of anti-friction rolls therein, a cylindrical axle extended within and beyond the ends-of the rolls, a divided the sleeve-sections, adjacent the ends of the casing and means for clamping the collarset our hands in the presence of two subfunction of securing the divided sleeve by CEPHAS I. SHIRLEY.

mere friction upon the axle and of holding CHARLES S. LOCKVV ()OD. the axle from longitudinal movement when Witnesses: L

rotated within the casing. S. CONN,

sections together to perform the double scribing witnesses.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto R. S. RICHARDSON. 

